Sell
USD / CHF
Status Entry Price Stop Loss Profit Target Closing price
Closed 1.0785 1.0800 1.0685 1.0765

This trade was executed according to Trading Plan.

Potential trade area ?

No top-tier economic reports are due from the US today so I'm expecting this pair to keep with its current trend. Sentiment for the euro zone could pick up now that a proposal for a European Monetary Fund has been made and this upbeat outlook for the region could spur risk appetite.

Entry trigger ?

I set my order at the pair's top daily ATR which coincides with the falling trend line on the 4-hour chart.

Trade management ?

I placed my profit target at the pair's bottom daily ATR. I set my stop just above the top weekly ATR of 1.0839.

I feel indifferent


23:17 on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 | Views: 17 |

+20 pips

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Go to Kei's profile Kei C. updated the trade at 07:15 on Tue, 09 Mar 2010

Go to Kei's profile Kei C. updated the trade at 07:18 on Tue, 09 Mar 2010

Before

Pending

Entry Price 1.0785

Stop Loss 1.0845

Profit Target 1.0685

After

Open

Entry Price 1.0785

Stop Loss 1.0845

Profit Target 1.0685

Go to Kei's profile Kei C. updated the trade at 21:59 on Tue, 09 Mar 2010

Before

Open

Entry Price 1.0785

Stop Loss 1.0845

Profit Target 1.0685

After

Open

Entry Price 1.0785

Stop Loss 1.0800

Profit Target 1.0685

Moved my stop a bit lower...

Go to Kei's profile Kei C. updated the trade at 23:17 on Tue, 09 Mar 2010

Before

Open

Entry Price 1.0785

Stop Loss 1.0800

Profit Target 1.0685

After

Closed

Entry Price 1.0785

Stop Loss 1.0800

Profit Target 1.0685

I feel indifferent


Trade Recap

Go to Kei's profile Kei C. closed the trade 6 months ago

Did everything go as planned?

Since the price broke above the minor resistance at the start of the European session, I decided to close early. The pair was having difficulty breaking below the 1.0750 mark.

What can you improve and what specific steps will you take for improvement?

Again, I should've risked bigger units on this one. I decided to risk half as much as I initially wanted because I had a couple of open orders yesterday and those had similar setups to this USDCHF trade. Besides, I planned to add to my position at the break of 1.0750. However, the price probably won't fall as much today. It could retest the trend line so that'd be another trade opportunity, I guess.

Did you execute your trade according to your Trading Plan?

Yes I did.

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